Sunday, 18 October 2009

CX on Merseyside

Due to not being alble to get to the cross race in Manchester this weekend due to working I decided to head over to Liverpool to race there. This was a bit of a change for me as last year I only did the races close enough to ride to. Yes Liverpool is close enough to ride to but with the tired legs I have riding back would be too much! My sister had kindly offered me a lift but due to a change of plans Ali came over too.The course was so dry, my bike was still clean at the end! But there were a fair amount of places where you had to get off your bike. With a tight gate to squeeze through, some hurdles and some vertical slopes it was going to be hard. I thought I had a good start till I realised there was hardly anyone behind me! It was a small field though so I assume that everyone there was a highly tuned athlete! After that I made steady progress, although looking at my stats I was lazy in the middle third of the race, noone near me to try and hold on to, need to work on that one!

I really liked the course, with the mix of singletrack and fields, but it was a short lap and I'm glad the field wasn't any bigger! As it was the leaders lapped me three times!

I finished 2nd female, 1st female was once again flying I think I need to do some specific training to get anywhere near her!

We waited for the prize-giving wondering where everyone was, turns out they were going to send prizes out, so I still have no idea if there is a prize for 2nd female or not!

PP Why thank you, brand new and I like it, will pass on comments to cooksons as well!

Jumbly Thanks, I was worried about green kit but it is great!

Red No same nice cooksons as always, they spoil me rotten, fix my bikes when I break them and are so great they gave me some free kit! Oh and I said I was probably doing the cross but I had no car, as it turns out I had the car. Which was nice as I could drive to work today!